Inside this EDITION - Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce

JANUARY 2016
Inside this
EDITION
Happy New Year from the Palm Desert
Area Chamber Staff & Board of DiRECTORS
Palm Desert Area Chamber
72259 Hwy 111
Palm Desert, CA 92260
State of the City
Save the Date
Open City Hall Link “January, the start of a new year always brings exciting promises of opportunities to come.”
January, the start of a new year, always
brings brings exciting promises of op-
New Business
portunities to come. This is particularly
Breakfast Format true at the Palm Desert Area Chamber of
Commerce (PDACC). New businesses are
opening all over town. A new 152 -room
boutique hotel is under development, and
New Members & negotiations are underway for another
Renewed Members hotel project at Desert Willow Golf Resort
featuring 600+ rooms, 175,000 sq ft commercial development, a 2,500 seat amphiRibbon Cutting theatre and action sports park. Plans to improve the Hwy 111 corridor and residential
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development are strong. As well, the City
has recently committed to the expansion of
Cal State’s presence with a 113 -acre gift of
Educational Edge land allowing the campus to triple in size.
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Legislative
Affairs
Calendar
The store fronts are bustling, the
roadways are full and our schools
are abundant with students preparing to enter the workforce
All of these are signs of the progressive
strength of the economy. The desert cities
throughout the valley are in full swing and
embracing our “snowbird” season.
January is also a time of renewed
commitment and new beginnings. I hope
that each of you renew your commitment
to the PDACC through our committee
structure. We are a grass roots committee
led organization. Our committees are
busy making plans for the NEW Business
Breakfast (new format and new time,
starting January 12th at 7:30am), the
State of the City (scheduled for March 4)
and our All Valley Chamber Legislative
Luncheon (on April 8). I hope each of
you finds a place of service that will help
you be a part of the growth of our great
community and chamber.
There are so many places to serve in the
PDACC. Early morning Business Breakfasts and seminars, noon Profit Connections, afternoon ribbon cuttings or
Business After Hours Mixers all provide
so many ways to promote your business,
make connections and help businesses in
Palm Desert grow. I hope you will be a
part of this exciting 2016 Chamber year.
Happy New Year from the PDACC Staff working for you!
Sponsorships
State of the City
2016
Presenting Sponsor
$2000
8 Reserved Seats
Verbal Recognition
Logo Recognition onsite
Logo Recognition in
Chamber Newsletter
Logo Recognition on
Chamber Website
Gold Sponsor
$750
8 Reserved Seats
Logo Recognition onsite
Logo Recognition in
marketing pre & post event
Table Sponsor
$500
8 Reserved Seats
Name Recognition onsite
Individual Tickets
$55
Visit
www.PDACC.org
for details and reservations
Did You Know?
Members Receive FREE Benefits...
Need meeting space? A place to hold interviews? A facility to hold a training
seminar, board meeting or presentation?
Meeting space at PDACC is FREE to our Member Partners (8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Monday through Friday. After hours or weekends are available for a nominal fee.
A/V
1. Conference Room #1 & #2 accommodate 8 people (board table)
Kitchen Area
2. Conference Room #3 accomodates 25 people (board table)
Podium
3. Conference Room #4 accomodates 50 people (board tables)
Open City Hall Offers Palm Desert Businesses
and Residents a new Way to be Heard
by Peak Democracy, a non-partisan company whose mission is
to broaden civic engagement and
build public trust in government.
It only takes a few minutes to share
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Palm Desert businesses and residents now have a simple and
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Open City Hall is an online forum exclusively for Palm Desert
businesses and residents. Participation is easy. Simply go to
www.cityofpalmdesert.org and click
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When you post your first statement,
you will be asked for your name
and home or business address in
Palm Desert. This confidential
information is exclusively used to
confirm that statements are being
posted by locals and not by people
outside the community. City leaders will review posted statements
and incorporate the input into their
decision making process.
Open City Hall is provided by the
City of Palm Desert and operated
BO AR D OF DIR ECT O R S
20 15-2016
New Members...
Executive Committee
Linda Long
December 2015
Board Chair
Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Ray Rodriguez
Patrick Klein
Chair-Elect
The Gardens on El Paseo
Brandt Kuhn
Chief Financial Officer
Integrated Wealth Management
Cindy Pieper
Vice-Chair
State Farm Insurance
Dominique Shwe
Vice-Chair
Desert Sun Publications
Board of Directors
Steve Bohm
VIP Promotional Services
Precision Screen Printing
Terri Bona
YMCA of the Desert
Cindy Burreson
Classic Party Rentals
Margaret Claggett
Rabobank
Jennifer Cusack
Southern California Edison
John Eddy
Eisenhower Medical Center
Debbie Frazer
Angela Wells Interior Design Cello's Pantry
Magic Rug Cleaners
74225 Hwy 111 Ste C
70225 Hwy 111 39665 Entrepreneur Ln SteB Palm Desert, CA 92260
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Palm Desert, CA 92211
(760) 969-2493
(760) 328-4200 (760) 340-4301
Anthony Valente,
HomeSmart Professionals PlanIt Print Works
Attorney at Law. A.P.C.
- Phillipa Wagner
77738 Flora Rd 41625 Eclectic St Ste B-1 73301 Fred Waring Dr Palm Desert, CA 92211
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Palm Desert, CA 92260
(760) 345-2500
(951) 880-7767 (760) 636-4868 Windermere Homes &
The Briggs Group
In & Out Mobility
Estates
73700 El Paseo 73800 Dinah Shore Dr
73725 El Paseo Dr Ste 23A Palm Desert, CA 92260
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Palm Desert, CA 92260
(760) 422-4030
(760) 324-7790 (760) 660-6444
Cello's Bistro
Chuck
Draine
Keller Williams/
35943 Date Palm Dr 47100 Washington St Ste 101 Cathedral City, CA 92234
La Quinta, CA 92210
(760) 328-5353
(760) 636-2136 2016 C h a i r m a n’ s
A#1 Services Heating & Air
DeMarie Consulting
Council
Acme Moving & Storage
Desert Best Friend’s Closet
PARTNER LEVEL
Albert Management, Inc.
Desert Business Interiors
Alpha Media Palm Springs
AMS Paving, Inc
An Exceptional Wedding
ATM-ONE.COM
Backstreet Bistro
Bargains Thrift Shop Inc
BBVA Compass
Best Best & Krieger LLP Attorneys at Law
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Kristal Granados
United Way of the Desert
Mike Hardin
The Lock Shop
Melanie Hinrichs
Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Christine Hunter
Kiner Communications
Matthew Johnson
Wilson Johnson Real Estate
Carl Karcher
Carl’s Jr.
Steven Miller
O’Brien, Miller & Blake, CPAs
Naran Reitman
Law Office of Naran Reitman
Natalie Russo
FirstBank
Stacy Thetford
Thetford Web Development
Van Tanner - Ex Officio
City of Palm Desert Liaison
EXECUTIVE LEVEL
Burrtec Waste/Recycling
Eisenhower Medical Ctr.
Firstbank
Gardens on El Paseo
Westfield Palm Desert
DIRECTOR LEVEL
Casuelas Cafe
So. California Gas
One El Paseo Plaza
Pacific Premier Bank
Renewing Members
Past-Chair
Casuelas Cafe
Best In the West Air Conditioning
Bill Carver
Boomers Palm Springs
Brian Nestande
Burgers & Beer
Burke Rix Communications
Cafe des Beaux-Arts
Coachella Valley Water
District
Community Valley Bank Danmar Insurance Services
Desert Business Machines,
Inc. an AIS Company
Desert Personnel @ Work
DesertScape Design
Dove Printing
Drs Schantz & Moranda, ADC
Executive Errands
Exquisite Desserts
Fairway Vacation Rentals
Farmers Insurance District
Office
FirstBank - Palm Desert
Flooring Innovations
Grace Home Furnishings
Groovelabs, LLC
H & R Block
Health Insurance Network
Hi-Desert Publishing Co
Hillis Furs & Leather
Hot Purple Energy
Re n ew in g M em bers
Ribbon Cuttings
International Auto Crafters Palm
Desert
It’s... In the Bag!
Jensen Wealth Advisors
Jessup Auto Plaza
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers
Joseph’s Cleaners
Keller Williams Realty - Johnette
Elhendy
Keller Williams/Chuck Draine
L & L Automotive, Inc.
Lakes Country Club
Law Office of Dale S. Gribow - Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Alvin B. Sherron
Linda Starr
Lttle Monsters Little Angels Preschool
Make-A-Wish Orange County & The
Inland Empire
Maryanov, Madsen, Gordon &
Campbell, CPAs Merit Moving Systems, Inc./United Van Lines
Michael Baker International
Millennium Nursing, LLC
Monterey Country Club My Little
Flower Shop
O’Brien, Miller & Blake, CPAs
Oasis Water Store
Pacific Premier Bank - Country Club
Padgham Insurance Services
Palm Desert Tobacco, Inc.
Palm Springs Cemetery District
Palm Springs RV Resort
Palm Valley High School
Palmer Automotive & Collision
Phenix Salon Suites II LLC
Porcello Estate Buyers
PrimeLending
ProWatch Senior Care Services
Pueblo Viejo Grill Mexican Food
Restaurant - El Paseo
Purus International, Inc.
Rancho Mirage Health & Rehabilitation Center
RBC Wealth Management
Revivals
Reynaldo J. Carreon MD Foundation
Riverside Co. Economic Development Agency Royal Restrooms of
California
Ruby Slipper Gourmet
Save2Give Incorporated
Berkshire Hathaway Home Service
76700 El Paseo Palm Desert, CA 760) 774-0477 Desert Springs Tile & Carpet 73800 Dinah Shore Dr Ste 103
Palm Desert, CA (760) 288-0222
Scandinavian Vasa Order
Sephora
Shadow Mountain Resort & Club
Shawn Way Designer Construction
Si Bon Restaurant
Signs By Tomorrow
Slack Shoppe
Sleep Number By Select Comfort
State Farm Insurance - Peggy Ames
#0571475
Temple Sinai
Tesla Palm Springs
The Biz Press
The Briggs Group
The Coachella Valley Symphony
The Living Desert
The Pet Hotel at Barkingham Palace
The Private Collection
Tiffany and Company
Time Warner Cable - Desert Cities
Division
Visionaries of Tools For Tomorrow
W.A.C.E.
Walmart Neighborhood Market
WCBS Print Services
DETAILED CONTACT INFO WWW.PDACC.ORG
Coachella Valley Home Care
44100 Monterey Ave Ste 204
Palm Desert, CA (760) 773-3323
Premier Residential Services
43100 Cook St Ste 101
Palm Desert, CA (760) 773-4081
The Legislative
Action Team
Protecting Your
Pride and Joy
Being a business owner is like being a
proud parent. It’s a lot of hard work, long
hours, and some suffering, physically and
emotionally. We show it off. We promote it
as the greatest on earth. It’s because we
love it, we built a life on what we love to
do. But, when our pride and joy is threatened we defend it. We fight. We will fight
with our last breath. Our business or our
child, it doesn’t matter which.
We are very fortunate to live in a country
of laws. We are protected. Maybe not to
the extremes that make national headlines. But we are protected by laws, which
our military, our local police and sheriff’s
departments enforce. These laws also
protect the safety of the environment for
which we conduct our business, and give
us rights particular to conducting business. We have property rights, rights to
our inventions with patents, rights to a
competitive market place, plus many more.
But the rights we know today are threatened every day. These threats don’t come
as armed assailants, but as laws with
unintended consequences. These laws
cause higher taxes, higher wages for your
employees, required benefits, zoning requirements, additional inspections, and additional reporting obligations just to name
a few. All these things become a burden to
your business, your livelihood.
Too often we think of expanding our
business, our professional family, but the
cost and the legislative hoops are just too
difficult to surmount. This is why the Palm
Desert Area Chamber of Commerce has a
Legislative Action Team. To protect
you and your business. As a team we only
meet monthly, but Chamber staff is here
every day tracking local, state and federal
legislation that may affect your business.
We work with the California Chamber
of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce to direct good beneficial policy
decisions at the capitals. We write letters
and join coalition forces for and in opposition to proposed legislation. We also meet
with our elected officials regularly to
personally explain your needs as business
owners.
We need your help. We need you with
your business experience to help guide
your Legislative Action Team to the issues
affecting your business, your livelihood,
your pride and joy. Your success in business supports your family, your neighborhood, your state and country. Without
businesses like yours and business people
like you, America never would have become as strong and wonderful as it is. But,
it’s not perfect, the people running it are
not perfect. They may have good intentions, but they don’t know what a business
needs to survive. That is why the Leg-
islative Action Team needs you,
your guidance, and especially
your voice.
The next Legislative Action Team
meeting is scheduled for January 25th, at
3:30pm at the Palm Desert Area Chamber
of Commerce. Join us!
Written By: James Brownyard - Legislative
Affairs Liasion
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73545 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
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73725 El Paseo Dr Ste 23A, Palm Desert, CA
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w e t t & Red Door Pictures
Mee t An Am b a s s a d o r. . . PetsS an’ Their
Loving life doing what she loves: Photography, Pets, and People
Hobbies: Caring for her 3 rescue pets, hiking, biking, tennis, golf and great friends
Family: Married to Gary and enjoys her son, two step-daughters and a grandbaby
A California native, Sandy Swett, has had a long time love of photography and pets, and that is how Pets n’ Their
People came about in the Coachella Valley 3+ years ago:
I simply combined my three loves (photography,
pets, people). I believe you should do what you
love; that way, you never really feel like you’re
working. I’m just loving life doing what I do.”
In addition to pet photography, Red Door
Pictures provides creative, high quality images
to individuals and businesses; full service
photography and videography specializing in
Portraits/head shots (studio or outdoor); Event
photography and video; Product photography;
Business & Commercial photography/video;
and Real Estate photography and video.
One of our newest Ambassadors, Sandy
became a member of the team “because I truly
enjoy meeting people, and this allows me to
meet other business owners and operators
and be involved in the community. It also gives me
the opportunity to share information about business
and social events occurring throughout the valley,
and how we can help each other in our respective
businesses. Besides great business contacts, I have
made a number of good friends that I will treasure
the rest of my life. We conduct business, but it’s
more than that. We have a sense of family and really
nurture each other to be involved in each other’s lives
and businesses.”
Sandy also volunteers her photography services to
several local pet rescue organizations:
“I take high quality portraits for the rescue agencies to
post so that the dog or cat will be adopted out.”
Sandy would like to be remembered for her “love for
animals, taking beautiful portraits of pets, and taking
amazing portraits, period!” In 5 years, Sandy sees herself “continuing to do what I love, photography. Maybe
a little more travel time. I have visited 16 states in the
U.S. and would love to visit the remaining states.”
Welcome to the Ambassadors, Sandy. May all your
dreams come true!
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Betty Baxter, Ed. D. - Baxter Coaching & Consulting
The Negative Impact on Retaining Income in
a Trust
Written by: Gene A Snook, CPA w/ Osborne Rincon CPAs
As a result of the Affordable Care Act, almost all trusts with net taxable
income in excess of $12,300 are now subject to the 3.8% Net Investment
Income Tax (NII Tax). In addition, trust income in excess of $12,300 is
subject to income tax at staggering rate of 39.6%. The consequences of
retaining income in a trust rather than distributing the income to beneficiaries could be costing you thousands in unnecessary tax liabilities.
To fully understand the consequences of retaining income in a trust, it
is important to know that the 39.6 tax bracket for a trust begins at the
very low threshold of $12,300. A married beneficiary by contrast would not reach the 39.6 tax bracket until their taxable
income exceeded $464,850, and would not be subject to the NII Tax unless their modified adjusted gross income exceeded
$250,000. Discretionary distributions from a trust to the beneficiaries can therefore be an invaluable tax planning strategy
by shifting income to individuals in potentially lower tax brackets, and may even eliminate the NII Tax entirely.
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PDACC is seeking 2 people to join our team!
Are you dynamic, outgoing, creative, & hard working?
Openings
1) Event Coordinator
2) Communications/
Advertising Sales Rep
Email: Laurie@pdacc.org
No phone calls. Please include cover letter and salary requirements.
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73920 El Paseo
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Planning Retreat 12noon
City Council 4pm Palm
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